New Delhi, Nov 26 : Hindu seers led by senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia staged a silent protest in New Delhi on Wednesday, to show solidarity with Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, one of the accused in the Malegoan blasts case.

Earlier this month, Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Maharashtra detained Thakur, Dayanand Pandey and Lietenant Colonel Purohit, all belonging to Hindu community, in connection with the Malegaon blasts case.

Togadia described the Malegaon probe as a conspiracy by the government to protect the extremists.

New Delhi, Nov 26 : Global recession has not affected us said Katsumi Takata, Joint Managing Director of Japanese two-wheeler giant Suzuki during the launch of their super bike Hayabusa in New Delhi on Wednesday.

“May be recession is starting, may be from the last month. May be this trend continues for a while but so far, as far as we are concerned, we are still growing. Every month we are going up,” said Takata.

Tehran - Chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Gholam-Reza Aqazadeh announced on Wednesday that more than 5,000 centrifuges are now actively running at the country's uranium enrichment plant, the official IRNA news agency reported.

"Currently we have more than 5,000 centrifuges operating," the agency quoted Aqazadeh as telling reporters, signalling further expansion of the Islamic state's controversial nuclear activities.

Low-level enriched uranium is used to produce nuclear fuel but enrichment at higher levels makes it suitable for use in nuclear weapons.

Geneva - The United Nations' Human Rights Council announced Wednesday it is to hold a special session Friday on the situation in the eastern section of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Humanitarian aid organizations and other groups working in Congo have accused fighters in the Kivu region of having committed severe rights abuses, including sexual violence against women.

Vatican City - The Vatican inaugurated Wednesday its new solar power energy system, which will heat the hall where Pope Benedict XVI holds his weekly general audience - in a move in keeping with the pontiff's concern for environmental issues.

Benedict, together with the visiting Armenian Apostolic Church Catholicos Aram I, joined hundreds of people gathered in the Paul VI Hall, inside Vatican City, for the ceremony.

Built in 1971, the structure, one of the Vatican's most modern, recently had its 5,000 square-metre roof covered by 2,400 photovoltaic panels.

Tehran - Chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Gholam-Reza Aqazadeh announced on Wednesday that more than 5,000 centrifuges are now actively running at the country's uranium enrichment plant, the official IRNA news agency reported.

"Currently we have more than 5,000 centrifuges operating," the agency quoted Aqazadeh as telling reporters, signalling further expansion of the Islamic state's controversial nuclear activities.

Low-level enriched uranium is used to produce nuclear fuel but enrichment at higher levels makes it suitable for use in nuclear weapons.